Download or read book Ancient Egypt and the Near East written by and published by Marshall Cavendish. This book was released on 2011 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ancient Egypt and the Near East explores the early civilizations that developed in Egypt and Mesopotamia between the start of farming in the Nile Valley around 6000 BCE and the defeat of the Persians by Alexander the Great in 330 BCE.